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Thanks to your financial contributions that have been coming in we will be able to launch a campaign next month regarding securing higher wages for the people of Scarborough, Whitby and the surrounding areas. Currently we are the low wage capital of Britain (our mean employee salary stands currently at £19,925, compared to £28,442 for Britain as a whole), and this is something we must and will change. Currently the Tories plan to change this through the magic of trickle down economics (a strategy that has been proven to be at best completely ineffective), rather than an industrial and educational strategy that will create the high paid and high skilled jobs for our constituency that we so desperately need.

For this campaign we will be campaigning with leaflets and on social media.

As well as distributing these leaflets and knocking on doors, the dates for your diaries are Saturday 4th November (12 noon outside the Brunswick Shopping Centre) where we will be holding a stall in order to collect signatures for a petition to put pressure on Scarborough Borough Council to pay all their staff the real living wage as well as making it a preferred criteria in the Council’s procurement process, so that they set an example of what we want all workers in Scarborough, Whitby and the surrounding areas to be paid. This will be followed on Monday 6th November with a demo outside the council offices, starting again at 12 noon. After this we will be handing out leaflets for distribution, so if you can help with that please get in touch.

We realise that not everyone is able to or would want to have a direct involvement with campaigning, but financial support is always needed. This will help us expand our campaigns and reach everyone in our constituency.

As little as a pound per month will make a big difference if all our local members contribute, so please give what you can! The best way to do this is to create a standing order to the following details:

Alternatively you can send a cheque (made payable to Scarborough & Whitby Labour Party) to my home address (call me and ask).

Also, you can join the Labour Party 200 Club; for just £1 per number per month, you can be in with the chance of winning a cash prize (currently £30). The easiest way to pay is by standing order to the following details:

Don’t forget you can help us raise funds for free when you shop online by using easyfundraising. Simply join easyfundraising and then you can collect free donations for us every time you buy something online, and it won’t cost you a penny extra. Just visit the following web address on how to do this:

Scarborough & Whitby is now in the top 50 seats regarding how close we are to the Conservatives, and as we need to win about 60 seats at the next election for an overall majority, it’s vital we win in our constituency if we are going to have a Corbyn led government after the next election (whenever that maybe). This means we must continue to build on the momentum that we currently have.

If you wish to contact me for more information regarding financial matters or the 200 club, please feel free at: treasurer@labour4scarboroughandwhitby.net or on 07885 756605. Please let me know if you have set up a standing order for the 200 club.